Grave marker



Feb. 17. 1925.

L52Q381 M. G. SLAWSON GRAVE MARKER Filed 00%.. 16, 1924 I gnwnhat (1R0: un,

Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

UNITED MARION Gr. SLAWSON, O1? GIRARD, KANSAS.

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Application filed was 16, 1924. Serial 1% meme.

Ta all mam it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAnron G. SL'AwsoN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Grirard, in the county of Crawford and State ojf Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grave Markers of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompany ing drawings.

i This invention relates to grave markers and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character constructed in such manner as to provide a novel and highly advantageous assembly ofthe parts and one wherein the entry of rain or snow to the card carrying compartment will he effectually prevented.

Further objects and advantages of the in vention will beset forth in the detailed de ,scription which follows.

In the accompanying drawings;

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a grave marker constructed in accordance with the invention. a

Figure 2 is a view partly in side elevation and partly inyvertical section.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view. M r

Figure a is a detailed horizontal sectional View through the card holding frame, upon an enlarged scale, and v Figure 5 isa detailrear View of the lower portion of the cross and the upper portion of the stake hereinafter described.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

The gravemarlrer of the present invention comprises a rectangular sheet metal frame 5,;the material of which is pressed outwardly at 6 toform a rectangular cavity within which a card holding frame 7, likewise of sheet metal, is adapted to have a seating". This card holding frame comprises the irnperforate back plate 8, inturned ends 9, and downturned upper edge 10, these inturnedendsand upper edge holding in place a pane of glass 11, behind which an identification card 12 is placed; The downturned upper edge 10 and tlie inturned ends 9 are so arranged as to completely exclude the entry of rain or snow to thecard. The lower edge 8 of the imperforate plate 8 of the card holding frame is inclined slightly forward so that when the card holding frame 8 is pressed into the cavity or recess 5 formed in the frame 5 by the forward bending of the material of said frame, said lower edge ofthe card holding frame will engage the rear face of the lower part of the frame 5 to close the pocket or cavity 5: The card holding frame is heldin place without the use of extraneous fastening devices by the presence of the stake 13 which is preferably of channel formation and is pointed at the hottom, as indicated at 14. The stake 13 has two tongues 15 and 16 struck therefrom whichtongues project forwardly and down wardly and are adapted to pass through openings or slots 18 and 19 formed through the frame ,5. To permit of the ready insertion of tongues 15 and 16 through their openings the material of plate 5 is pressed outwardly, as is indicated at 26 and 21. By inserting the lower end of the tongues 15 and 16 through the openings 18 and 19 and drawing downwardly upon the stake with respect to the frame 5 until lower edge of frameii springs over a raised portion 13 of stake 13,'the stake is secured to said frame 5 and additionally the card supporting frame 7 is bound in position within the cavity '5 After the parts are assembled the tongues 15 and 16 and particularly the latter aremashed or flattened down to insure the firm interlocking, as described. A cross 22 may be employed, if desired, and if said cross be employed it may be easily mounted upon the rest of the structure without the employment ofrivets, solder or like fastening devices.

The cross that I prefer to use comprises a vertical part 23 of channel formation and a horizontal part at, likewise of channel formation. The horizontal part is cut out, as indicatedat 25, so that the main flat portions 23 an of said vertical and horizontal parts may lie in direct contact with each other. Ears 26 left upon the edges of the cut out portion 25 of thehorizontal part 24c of the cross pass through openings 27 of the vertical part and are then bent over, as illustrated in Figure 2 to secure the vertical and horizontal parts together.

A tongue 28 projects from the front face of thepart 23 near the lower end thereof and is adapted to pass overlthe top of the stake and engage in the cavity behind the pressed out portion 20 of frame 5.

The lower end of the cross or crucifix is pointed and passed beneath a strap 30 struck from the metal of the stake, after which said pointed end is bent outwardly and upwardly to insure against accidental dislodgment of the cross from the stake.

A tongue 13 is struck from the stake and is adapted to stand outwardly and engage the lower edge of frame 5 to thereby hold the parts in the assembled relation described, when the frame 5 and associated parts have been properly and completely engaged by the stake.

That portion of the frame 5 immediately adjacent or constituting the edge of the sight opening through which the identification card is visible is preferably curved slightly inward to make a tight fit with the front face of the glass pane if any water does get in past this ed e, said water will run down overthe glass but cannot reach the card. The exclusion of rain or snow is further as sured by the apron 18 constituted by the lower portion of the back plate 8 of the card holding frame.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth but that it includes within its purview whatever changes fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. A grave marker comprising a frame, having a sight opening formed therein, a card holding frame seated in conjunction with the first named frame, a stake, and interengaging means between said stake and the first named frame, said stake overlapping the card holding frame'and holding it in place by its presence.

2. A grave marker comprising a frame, shaped to form a cavity surrounding a sight opening, a card receiving frame seated in said cavity, a stake adapted to extend across the rear face of the first named frame and hold the card holding frame in place by its presence, and inter-engaging elements between the stake and the first named frame.

3. A grave marker comprising a rectangular sheet metal frame stamped to form a V cavity surrounding a sight opening, a card holding frame adapted to receive a glass and an identification card, said card holding frame being seated in said cavity, a stake extending vertically across the rear face of the first named frame and binding the card holding frame in place in said cavity and inter-engaging tongues and slots formed on the stake and first named frame.

a. The combination with a rectangular sheet metal plate stamped to form a cavity of rectangular formation surrounding a sight opening, a card holding frame seated therein, a stake extending vertically across the card holding frame andholding it in place and forwardly and downwardly di- 7. A device of the character described comprising a plate having a sight opening formed therein, a card holding frame adapted to have a seating in, the rear of said sight opening and comprising overturned top and end edges and a transparent pane and an identification card held in place by said overturned edges and a stake extending across the card holding frame and engaging the first named frame.

8. A structure as recited in claim 3 wherein the stake is provided with a tongue adapted to stand outwardly beneath the lower edge of the frame when the stake and frame have been moved a predetermined distance with respect to each other to thereby prevent reverse movement of the stake with respect to the frame.

9. A structure as recited in claim 7 wherein the inner edges of said sight opening are depressed to fit closely back against the transparent pane.

10. A structure as recited in claim 7 wherein the overturned end and top edges of the card holding frame form a groove into which the identification card and transparent pane slide and fit closely, leaving the face of said card holding frame open and the card visible, the back of said plate being imperforate.

11. A structure as recited in claim 7 wherein the edges of the sight opening are inwardly curved and wherein the interior extremity of the overturned edges of the card holding frame fit closely up against the back of the inturned edges of the said sight opening in said front plate.

12. A structure as recited in claim 7 wherein the overturned top edge of the card holding frame overlap the overturned end edges of the said frame, thereby making the upper corners of said frame practically impervious to descending rain, water or snow, from the rear side of said frame.

13. A grave marker comprising a frame shaped to form a cavity surrounding a sight opening, a card holding frame adapted to have a seating at the top and at each end of the said cavity from the rear thereof, the lower edge of said card holding frame extending down over the lower edge of said cavity and shaped to bend slightly toward a said first mentioned frame, and being held in place by a stake across the back thereof and attached to said first frame by interengaging elements.

14. In a grave marker construction, a plate, a card carrying frame mounted in said plate, a stake holding said card carrying frame in place, a cross comprising a vertical element, and a member upon the cross adapted to extend over the top of the stake and engage in a recess of said plate to thereby hold the cross in place.

15. In construction, a front plate having a sight opening therein, and a card carrying frame seated upon the plate rearwardly of the sight opening, a stake which extends vertically across the rear face of the card carrying frame, tongues upon the stake engaging the plate by downward movement of the stake with respect to said plate and a tongue on the stake adapted to stand out- Wardly beneath the lower edge of the plate and prevent reverse movement of the stane when the stake has reached its position of assembly with the plate.

16. A grave marker, a card carrying frame, a stake for supporting the same and a cru cifix, the crucifix having a tongue struck therefrom adapted to engage the top of the stake and the stake having a part struck therefrom through which the lower portion of the crucifix passes and into engagement with which the lower portion of the crucifix may be bent.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

MARION Gr. SLAWSON. 

